{"id":720600,"date":"2026-06-07T07:52:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T07:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/720600\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T07:52:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T07:52:31","slug":"jake-short-apologizes-for-viral-juvenile-joke-about-ex-fiancee-mika-abdalla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/720600\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Short Apologizes for Viral &#8216;Juvenile Joke&#8217; About Ex-Fianc\u00e9e Mika Abdalla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260606_1152ae4af55e49379d996f2b3692b6db\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e564af58-eb76-4df2-a42a-6ee50bcfa131\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1152ae4af55e49379d996f2b3692b6db_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-Jake-Short-Mika-Abdalla-shutterstock-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jake-short\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Short<\/a> is owning up to a resurfaced podcast clip that&#8217;s sparked backlash online &#8230; admitting he made a &#8220;disrespectful, juvenile joke&#8221; about now-ex fianc\u00e9e Mika Abdalla.<\/p>\n<p>The former Disney Channel star addressed the controversy in a statement posted to his Instagram Stories early Saturday, saying he&#8217;s aware the comment was inappropriate and wants to take responsibility for it.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260606_7c8a55b6fb244ee89e30959be79dab57\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e564af58-eb76-4df2-a42a-6ee50bcfa131\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7c8a55b6fb244ee89e30959be79dab57_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Jake-Short-Mika-Abdalla-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I made a disrespectful, juvenile joke in a clip that recirculated this week,&#8221; Short wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s imperative to me that I take accountability as I am aware that it was inappropriate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c28fac00f4b6425c8a179d9d9b130b84_md.png\" alt=\"060626_jake_short_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The backlash stems from a now-viral clip from a 2024 episode of Short&#8217;s podcast, &#8220;The Sit and Chat,&#8221; where &#8212; as you can watch in the clip above &#8212; he referred to Abdalla as &#8220;some bitch&#8221; while chatting with cohost Bradley Steven Perry.<\/p>\n<p>Short insisted the remark doesn&#8217;t reflect who he is or the relationship he shared with the &#8220;Off Campus&#8221; star.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260606_9e6fc8763f3e4579bda395c3ba05bfcb\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e564af58-eb76-4df2-a42a-6ee50bcfa131\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9e6fc8763f3e4579bda395c3ba05bfcb_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Jake-Short-Mika-Abdalla-shutterstock-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I continue to learn from this situation and work to show people the respect they deserve,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>The backlash comes on the heels of Short and Abdalla&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/02\/mika-abdalla-jake-short-break-up\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">split<\/a>, which the former couple announced June 1. As the old clip gained traction online, the exes fired back at speculation about their relationship in a joint statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/off-campus-mika-abdalla-jake-short-break-silence-after-split\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Us Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260606_74dc8cf4e43b42cfa938f02efce12ca0\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e564af58-eb76-4df2-a42a-6ee50bcfa131\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/74dc8cf4e43b42cfa938f02efce12ca0_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Jake-Short-Mika-Abdalla-shutterstock-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen a conversation around clips of us together when we were in a relationship, and people making harmful and inaccurate assumptions about our dynamic,&#8221; they said. &#8220;We were in a loving, respectful relationship for five years &#8230; it&#8217;s hurtful to see playful moments dissected in a way that does not reflect the respect and love we had and still have for each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The resurfaced footage has fans talking &#8230; but Short says he crossed a line with the joke and regrets the comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Short is owning up to a resurfaced podcast clip that&#8217;s sparked backlash online &#8230; admitting he made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-720600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}